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Medial Law
Pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This exists so that the rights of an individual or group cannot be encroached upon by another individual or group | Medical Law |
| What is the result of Schloendorf vs Society of New York hospital? | every human adult yrs and sound mind has the right to determine what shall be done with his own body. If operation done without consent, is considered assault. |
| 6 functions the doctrin serves: | protects indv autonomy protects pts status as a human aviods fraud and duress encouraces health care practioniers to consider their decisions carefully fosters rational decision making by pt involves the public medicine |
| - degree of skill, nowledge, and care, ordinarily possessed and employed by members in good standing within the profession. | standard of care |
| - a private or civil wrong or injury for which the ourt provides a remedy in the form of an action for damages | tort |
| - filed to recover damages for personal injury or property damage occurring from negligent conduct or intentional misconduct | tort action |
| - wrongs resulting from acts done with the intention of causing harm to another | intentional torts |
| - deliberate act wherein one personm threatens to harm another person without consent and the victim perceives that the other has the ability to carry out the threat | assault |
| - touching to which the victium has not consented even if the touching may benefit the patient | battery |
| - unlawful confinement of a person within a fixed area | false imprisonment |
| - information concerning a patient is shared with individuals that do not need to know | defamation |
| - spoken word | slander |
| - written or published comments or pictures | libel |
| - willful and intentional misrepresentation of facts that may cause harm to an individuals or result in loss of an individuals right or property | fraud |
| - actions that are not intended to cause harm | unintentional torts |
| - a failure to use such care as a resonably prudent person would use under like or similar circumstances | negligence |
| the act speaks for itself. if the cause of negligence is obivous, no expert testimony may be needed | res ipsa loquitur |
| - the employer will be held liable for an employees negligent act | respondeat superior |
| - requires the hospital or health care entity to be responsible for the quality of care delivered to consumers | corporate liability |
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